The Chinese Radical: 斤


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Meaning
axe    斤

Explanation Image of an axe, probably with the handle on the right.

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
to obey, to listen, to hear
tīng
Left: mouth 口, right: axe 斤
With your mouth (= arguments) or your axe (= brute force) you can make somebody obey.  
HSK 2
close to, near, approximately
jìn
Left: movement 辶; right: axe 斤 (image of an axe)
What the axe reaches in its movement, is close.  
HSK 2
new, newly, recent
xīn
Left: parents 亲 (They stand 立 as supervision in the tree 木), right: axe 斤
Out of a standing tree, the axe makes something new.  
HSK 2
to accuse, to sue, to complain, to tell

Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: to blame, accuse 斥 (... for the notch 丶 in the axe 斤)
The words of blame lead to the accusation. - Or: The words that there was a notch 丶 in the axe 斤 led to the accusation.  
HSK 2
place, address, location, actually
suǒ
Left: (sliding) door 戸, right axe 斤
Next to the door there is (always) the axe, (exactly) in this place, which is its "address".  
HSK 3
axe, weight equal to 0.5 kg, pound
jīn

Pictograph of an axe (weight is a derived meaning)  
HSK 4
to break (e.g. stick or bone), fracture, loss, discount
shé, zhē, zhé
Left: hand 扌, right: axe 斤
The hand with the axe breaks or causes a loss.  
HSK 4
severance, to decide, break, judgment, to cut off
duàn
From left: corner , rice 米, axe 斤
If the rice is in a corner , you can use the axe to decide whether to cut it.  
HSK 5
happy, delighted, gladly
xīn
Left: axe 斤, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
(no need to work) If the axe is lacking, we are happy.  
HSK 5
to analyze, to divide, to separate

Left: tree 木, right: axe 斤
The tree is divided with an axe for the: analysis.  
HSK 5
to tear open, to rip open, to destroy
chāi
Left: hand 扌, right: blame, accuse 斥 (.. for the notch 丶 in the axe 斤)
The hand must be blamed because it has teared sth. open.  
HSK 6
to blame, scold, to accuse, to reprimand, to oust
chì
Axe 斤 with accent 丶 (Here: a notch in the cutting edge)
For the notch in the axe, I have to blame you.  
HSK 6
mound, hillock, grave
qiū
Top: axe 斤, below: ground/earth 一
An axe in the ground as a burial object in the [burial] mound/hill.  
HSK 6
this, here, Slovakia

Left: 其 Image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing), right: axe 斤
A grain scoop threshes like an axe, like: THIS!  
HSK 6
firewood, fuel, salary
xīn
Top: plant 艹, below: new 新 (From a standing 立 tree 木 your axe 斤 makes someting new.)
(All) plants and also standing trees are made with the axe to: firewood.  
HSK 6
understanding

Left: sun 日, right: to analyze 析 (The tree 木 is divided with an axe 斤 for analyzing.)
In the (light of the) sun, the analysis is understandable.  
HSK 6
to chop, cut, sever, behead
zhǎn
Left: vehicle 车 (車= top view with two wheels 二, axle | and loading surface 田), right: ax 斤
The beautiful vehicle 車 was simplified to 车, namely they took an axe, to chop it.  
HSK 6
to lift (a lid), to rock, to convulse
xiān
Left: to break 折 (The hand 扌with an axe 斤 breaks or causes a loss.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth) (cf. happy 欣)
It will break, if it has a lack/deficiency and you try: to lift it.  
no HSK
hatchet, axe

Top: father 父 (here: image of an axe ノ in a hand ), bottom: axe 斤
The image of an axe stands for: hatchet or axe.  
no HSK
to implore, to pray, to request

Left: to show, altar 礻/示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and dripping blood 八), right: axe 斤
At the altar with the axe we will pray.  
no HSK
craftsman
jiàng
Outside: box 匚 (simplified from: to work 工), inside: axe 斤
In the box is the axe of the craftsman.  
no HSK
Chinese celery
qín
Top: plant 艹, bottom: axe 斤
The plant that is (harvested) with an axe is: the celery.  
no HSK
Yi River, Shandong

Left: water 氵, right: axe 斤
The water of an axe is the Yi-River.  
no HSK
martingale (control of a horse's head), stingy
jìn
Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: axe 斤
It is made of leather and (can control the horse) like an axe: The Martingale.  

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